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... coast of Africa . It occupies the fourth largest island in the world , after Greenland , New Guinea , and Borneo , with a surface area of 226,658 square miles ( 587,041 square kilometres ) . Located in the southwestern Indian Ocean , it ...
... coast of Africa . It occupies the fourth largest island in the world , after Greenland , New Guinea , and Borneo , with a surface area of 226,658 square miles ( 587,041 square kilometres ) . Located in the southwestern Indian Ocean , it ...
Page 320
... coast south of Toliara ( formerly Tuléar ) , is a large body of saline water that has no outlet . Soils . The central plateau and the eastern coast are mainly composed of gneiss , granite , quartz , and other crys- talline rock ...
... coast south of Toliara ( formerly Tuléar ) , is a large body of saline water that has no outlet . Soils . The central plateau and the eastern coast are mainly composed of gneiss , granite , quartz , and other crys- talline rock ...
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... coast , using the guns he got in return to conquer his neighbours , the Betsileo . Under Andrianam- poinimerina , Merina society was divided into a ruling noble class ( Andriana ) , a class of freemen ( Hova ) , and a slave class ...
... coast , using the guns he got in return to conquer his neighbours , the Betsileo . Under Andrianam- poinimerina , Merina society was divided into a ruling noble class ( Andriana ) , a class of freemen ( Hova ) , and a slave class ...
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